Totally unique vocal jazz Radha Thomas & Aman Mahajan – BANGALORE BLUES: There’s one word that comes to mind (immediately) as I listen to Radha’s totally unique vocal jazz – BREATHLESS… her pacing and presence will have you on the edge of your seat on each of the songs on this fine album… you’ll see […]
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Totally unique vocal jazz Radha Thomas & Aman Mahajan – Bangalore Blues
By Dick Metcalf, editor, Contemporary Fusion Reviews – September 7, 2020 #Totally #unique #vocal #jazz #Radha #Thomas #Aman #Mahajan Totally unique vocal jazz Radha Thomas & Aman Mahajan – BANGALORE BLUES: There’s one word that comes to mind (immediately) as I listen to Radha’s totally unique vocal jazz – BREATHLESS… her pacing and presence will have you […]
Review: Bangalore Blues in Jazz Journal UK
By Garry Booth, 15 June 2020 It’s surprising that Indian musicians haven’t made greater inroads into jazz. Of course, there are significant examples of Western players being influenced by Indian music and Indian instrumentalists have also featured in jazz settings, most memorably in John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu and Shakti groups. But Indian jazz singers […]
Album Review: Elmore Magazine
Jim Hynes / 29 April 2020 Radha Thomas, a veteran rock and jazz vocalist who is also Indian classically trained, joins with improvisational pianist Aman Mahajan for this spare duo performance where both contribute compositions, with Thomas responsible for the lyrics. Thomas sings while Mahajan plays either acoustic piano or Fender Rhodes across seven songs, […]
Reveiws: Radha Thomas & Aman Mahajan – Bangalore Blues
by George W. Harris • April 6, 2020 Intimate duets by vocalist/composer Radha Thomas and keyboardist/pianist Aman Mahajan are created on this collection of seven thoughtful musings. Thomas’ voice possesses an alluring and secretive whisper, as if she’s letting you in on a secret, sounding like a vagabond on the title track or delivering observations […]
An Album By The Vocalist Of The Famous 70’s Indian Rock Band ‘Human Bondage’
April 5, 2020: Priyadarshini Bishnoi, Indian Music Diaries If nothing else, we are all experiencing something frighteningly dystopian at this time. While we rest within the four walls of our houses, nature is busy birthing means of catharsis for mankind. It is in the cacophony of the birds, tingling drops of water, the whoosh of […]
Bangalore Blues: Radha Thomas / Aman Mahajan – A Review
By Ramesh Shotham / 26 March 2020 Even though I’ve been a professional musician for a long time, it’s not an easy task for me to review an album; especially this one, since Radha and I go way back. And she’s made it even more difficult by challenging me in her email, “u can say […]
Jazz with a Hindustani flavour, wouldn’t that be cool!
THE ASIAN AGE | PRIYANKA CHANDANI | Mar 18, 2020 Jazz and pop vocalist Radha Thomas talks about her decades-long career as a musician and her upcoming album It’s been over four decades since Bangaluru-based vocalist Radha Thomas started pursuing her passion for music professionally. While she made a living with music as well as […]
Radha Thomas, Aman Mahajan to have online launch of their album ‘Bangalore Blues’ on Sunday
By Jayanthi Madhukar, Bangalore Mirror | Updated: Mar 15, 2020 If nothing else, Bengalureans resort to humour in the face of the crumbling infrastructure. Bengalurean jazz singer Radha Thomas and pianist Aman Mahajan however, wrote the song Load-shedding as an ode to the power cuts in the city. This, along with six other tracks, are included in […]
Music to soothe the soul: Meet jazz vocalist Radha Thomas who brings a special seven-track album to the city
By Asha Chowdary, March 14 2020, Your Story If you love jazz music, don’t miss a unique jazz album from vocalist, Radha Thomas and pianist Aman Mahajan. Here’s an interview with the talented duo behind this special musical collection. Radha Thomas, is one of the city’s best-known jazz vocalists, who interprets jazz in unique ways […]
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